Found a restoration project for you @themanualmachinist!!!
I wish I could remember who pointed me in the direction of this stuff, so I coul
I wish I could remember who pointed me in the direction of this stuff, so I could at least give some credit. This is EPDM Rubber Trim from McMaster (Part 5/8” wide x 3/4” high. Fits perfectly in the T slot of the Bridgeport. 10 feet was only $33.20. No more digging chips out of the slots or dropping a drill bit in there either. Pulls right out when you need to use them.
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Yet another boring job, although this one is interesting. This is a part to the
Yet another boring job, although this one is interesting. This is a part to the suspension on a large steam locomotive that needed a bushing replaced. The hole for the bushing was wallowed out, so I bored the hole a little larger. We started making the new bushing last week when we noticed how bad the hole was.
I needed to make a 6” hole in some .250” plate. I don’t have a plasma cutter. An
I needed to make a 6” hole in some .250” plate. I don’t have a plasma cutter. And I suck at using a torch. A friend recommended a Harbor Freight hole saw and run it slow with lots of oil. Worked like a champ and the hole saw is in great shape! That squeal though! 😂😂😂
I spent a bunch of time machining this cast iron straight edge from Denis Foster
I spent a bunch of time machining this cast iron straight edge from Denis Foster for an upcoming class on machine scraping. First time ever machining something like this, especially the odd shapes. I got a lot of help from the maker, and others, and it came out great! There’s a link in my bio to the first of the two part video series I have up on YouTube.
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I have this block of cast iron I want to use to get more scraping practice. I ro
I have this block of cast iron I want to use to get more scraping practice. I roughed it in on the Bridgeport with a face mill. But now I want to finish cut it on the shaper. I just need to learn how to grind a proper shear tool.
Doing what I have to do to make sure “tick tick tick” doesn’t go “boom!” Looks l…
Doing what I have to do to make sure “tick tick tick” doesn’t go “boom!” Looks like I had a bad bushing in the spindle pulley. Simple and cheap fix.
I made a bolt. And it cost me nothing.
I made a bolt. And it cost me nothing. Except for the thousands of dollars I spent on machine tools and welders and the hour to make it. So practically free. 😉
This won’t win me any awards
This won’t win me any awards, but the bed clamp for the South Bend steady rest is done! This journey of learning to be a hobby machinist is so much fun. I’ve watched enough videos of the real deal that I figured I could put some of what I gleaned to use and this is one of those results. If all goes well, I’ll have the video for this posted at my normal time tomorrow at 11:00am Eastern time. I have another on the K&T all ready to go just in case I can’t get it done. It’s amazing how long it can take to whittle 6 hours of footage (12 hours if you count the second camera) into a 20-25 minute video! Fingers crossed! 🤞🏻
